Hacking with a Raspberry Pi: An Introduction

By Mike Street

I've recently been playing around with Raspberry Pi and some hardware - seeing what else can be done with the tiny computer.

I previously wrote about using the pi as a media centre, but I wanted to try something else (after seeing a friend using his for house temperature readings).

I've always wanted a basic weather station, one that just told me the temperature outside so that I knew what to wear for cycling, and this is what I set out to create.

This will be the first in a series of blogs posts detailing the steps i've been through. I've made a prototype, but I'm about to embark on making something proper and so I will be making a note of what I'm doing (for my sake as well as yours!)

I already had my raspberry pi, but if you don't have one I would recommend getting (at time of writing) the B+ or (if you can spare the extra cash) a Raspberry Pi B 2 (the 2 being the important bit!)

I also picked up a starter kit - although the documentation you get with it is appalling, it's good to have some starting hardware to use and call upon - then pick up the extra bits as when you need them.